How To Use Bitcoin To Shop At Amazon, Home Depot, CVS And More

Two of the country’s biggest names in e-commerce, Overstock.com and TigerDirect.com, earned themselves some press (and perhaps goodwill from the tech crowd) with their recent decisions to start accepting Bitcoin as payment. Now, though, users of the controversial peer-to-peer digital system can spend their cryptocurrency in brick and mortar stores including Home Depot, CVS, Kmart and Sears as well as online at web retail granddaddy Amazon.com. eGifter.com allows shoppers to pay for any of their 150+ digital gift cards in Bitcoin straight from the checkout line at national retail chains using their mobile app for iOS or Android. eGifter uses Bitcoin wallet Coinbase to process transactions, ensuring they’re secure. “I’ve seen purchases come in for exact amounts like $124.68, so I know folks are paying using Bitcoin physically in-store,” said eGifter CEO Tyler Roye. “That’s t...